Charles Manuel, left, and Greg Brown, of the Acadiana Charter Chapter of the Cajun French Music Association, were among those working on a food site Thursday. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)
The music stage for the Eunice Cajun Mardi Gras Festival is at South 2nd Street and Walnut Avenue. Courtney Elkins, mayor’s assistant, and Alicia Mire, Main Street and tourism director, were seated on the stage Thursday afternoon. (Photo by Harlan Kirgan)
From demonstrations on cooking gumbo, live entertainment for five days to a final frenzy of bead-catching, the Eunice Cajun Mardi Festival opened on Friday on South 2nd Street.
The schedule includes the following.
Saturday
— From 11 a.m. to noon Donna Angelle & The Zydeco Posse will play.
There will be a crawfish etouffee cooking demonstration from 11 a.m. to noon in a tent on the side of t…
